Air Permitting Lead for Decarbonization & Compliance

Sargent Lundy; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 129,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Plans: Medical, Dental, Vision

Life & Accident Insurance

Disability Coverage

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Sargent & Lundy seeks a Senior Environmental Permitting professional to support electric power and industrial projects with air permitting strategies and compliance analyses.

You will work with project managers, engineers, and regulators to interpret requirements, prepare permit applications, and deliver technical memoranda, analyses, and responses to agency comments across a hybrid work setting.

Qualifications

• BS in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, Chemical Engineering, or a related field; MS preferred.
• Four+ years in air permitting, environmental compliance, or environmental consulting.
• Strong knowledge of Clean Air Act and air quality regulations for major sources.
• Experience preparing or reviewing air permit applications and technical analyses.

Responsibilities

• Develop air permit strategies, permit matrices, schedules, and applications for major and minor sources.
• Prepare and review emissions calculations, inventories, and modeling inputs and results.
• Coordinate inputs from multiple engineering disciplines to translate design into permitting requirements.
• Interface with agencies; respond to comments and participate in meetings.

Skills

Air permitting

Regulatory compliance

Project coordination

Technical memoranda

Communication

Noise about data and modeling

Education

BS in Environmental Engineering

Environmental Science

Chemical Engineering

MS preferred

Tools

Excel

Word

ArcGIS

AERMOD

Job description

Sargent & Lundy seeks a Senior Environmental Permitting professional to support electric power and industrial projects with air permitting strategies and compliance analyses.

You will work with project managers, engineers, and regulators to interpret requirements, prepare permit applications, and deliver technical memoranda, analyses, and responses to agency comments across a hybrid work setting.